Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is one of the flock of Democrats running for the presidential nomination in 2020. He’s also got the name (of Maltese origin) that’s hardest to figure out how to pronounce.
According to his husband, it’s best pronounced “Buddha-judge”. Or you can just call him “Mayor Pete.”
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